Debbie McCRAVY, Plaintiff-Appellant,
v.
METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee.
Secretary of the United States Department of Labor, Amicus Supporting Appellant.
Debbie McCravy, Plaintiff-Appellee,
v.
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, Defendant-Appellant.
Secretary of the United States Department of Labor, Amicus Supporting Appellee.
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Argued: May 15, 2012.
Decided: July 5, 2012.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
ARGUED: Robert Edward Hoskins , Foster Law Firm, LLP, Greenville, South Carolina, for Debbie McCravy. Elizabeth Hopkins , United States Department of Labor, Washington, D.C., for Amicus Supporting Debbie McCravy. Ian Seth Linker , Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, New York, New York, for Metropolitan Life Insurance Company. ON BRIEF: Peter Stris , Stris & Maher, LLP, Dallas, Texas, for Debbie McCravy. M. Patricia Smith , Solicitor of Labor, Timothy D. Hauser , Associate Solicitor, Plan Benefits Security Division, James L. Craig, Jr. , Senior Regulations Attorney, United States Department of Labor, Washington, D.C., for Amicus Supporting Debbie McCravy. J.D. Quattlebaum , Haynsworth, Sinkler & Boyd, PA, Greenville, South Carolina, for Metropolitan Life Insurance Company.
No. 10-1074 reversed and remanded; No. 10-1131 vacated by published opinion. Judge WYNN wrote the opinion, in which Chief Judge TRAXLER and Judge KING concurred.
United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
OPINION
WYNN, Circuit Judge:
29 U.S.C. § 1132(a)(3), part of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act ("ERISA"), empowers participants and beneficiaries "to obtain other appropriate equitable relief" to redress violations of ERISA or ERISA plans. In CIGNA Corp. v. Amara, ___ U.S. ___, 131 S.Ct. 1866, 179 L.Ed.2d 843 (2011), the United States Supreme Court recently made clear that Section 1132(a)(3) allows...
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